Chapter 2

"Well, at least that takes care of Maleficent," said Sora, the Keyblade master, with a smile. "C'mon guys lets go." He motioned for his companions, Donald and Goofy. They had just defeated the evil witch Maleficent, who planned to use the Heartless and the Princesses of Heart to unlock the powers of darkness and become all powerful. They also encountered Riku, Sora's long lost friend, once again, but at the end of their confrontation Riku's body disappeared and it turned out that it was not Maleficent that had been controlling the Heartless, but someone else, the same person who had tricked Riku as, called Ansem. But for now, Sora and his companions were leaving Hallow Bastion.

Sora was a young 14 year old boy, who never asked to be the Keyblade master. Though he had wished to see other worlds, he could never have imagined that he would end up saving them. For most of his life, when he was not at home, Sora went to visit his other home on the Destiny Islands, a beautiful place where he played with his friends Riku and Kairi. But those days were gone now. With his world destroyed by the Heartless, he was now on a mission to protect all other worlds from a similar fate. Only recently had he finally been reunited with his friends, Riku and Kairi, but neither could come with him. Kairi, along with the other Princesses of Heart, had to stay behind to guard the portal to the darkness, and Riku was who knows where, having lost his body to the darkness and Ansem.

"Coming Sora," Donald Duck, mage of the court of Disney, said in an extremely hard to understand voice.

"Yeah, h'yuck, be right there," said Goofy, captain of the knights of Disney, in a goofy sounding voice.

Donald Duck and Goofy were on a mission as well. They had been instructed by their king to find "the key" which would stop the Heartless threat. Together, along with Pluto the dog and Jiminy Cricket, who chronicles their journey, they went in search of "the key". Finding Sora and believing him to be "the key" their king spoke of, they now travel with him wherever he goes.

"Well, hurry up," Sora said. "We have to prepare to fight Ansem and go to the End of the World. Let's get on the Gummi ship."

Sora and his companions have been on a quest to defeat the Heartless and save the many worlds, with Sora wielding the mighty the Key Blade, the only weapon that can destroy the Heartless. For a while now they had been to many wondrous worlds and made many new friends, and enemies, all the while trying to stop the Heartless threat. Now with their work done here, they were on their way to their final destination, the End of the World.

Finally they made their way to the Gummi ship, a vessel which takes them to the new worlds.

"Okay, we're ready." Donald said.

"What were you guys doing?" Sora asked.

"Just finishing saying goodbye to the Princesses," Goofy said,. "Gwarsh, I hope they will be alright, being alone in that big, scary castle."

"Yeah," Sora said, remembering that Kairi is there as well. "But they'll be fine. C'mon, lets go."

"Where to next?" Donald asked.

"Back to Traverse Town," Sora answered. "We have to make sure we have everything we need."

"Good idea, Sora." Donald added.

They all climbed into the Gummi ship.

"Blast away!" Sora said as the ship blasted off.

-

"Uh-oh, look at that," Sora said as the Gummi ship flew to the next world. In front of them, hundreds of Heartless ships blocked the way, far more than they had ever encountered before. "Guys, get the shield up."

"Got it Sora," Donald and Goofy said in unison and went to activate the shield. But before they could, rockets and laser blasts from the Heartless ships bombarded them.

"Oh, no!" Goofy and Donald said again at the exact same time. They both tumbled around in the back of the ship.

"Hold on, guys, I'll get us out of here," Sora said, but before he could, even more Heartless ships appeared behind and began attacking them.

"Sora," Donald yelled, "They took out the shield."

"Now the weapons." Goofy yelled as well.

"Oh no!" Sora yelled. "The engines were just hit!"

With the engines hit, the Gummi ship came to a complete stop in space. There was no where to go, and the Heartless continued to attack them.

"Hey, Sora, I have a question." Donald said.

"What?" Sora asked, still trying to think of something.

"With no engines, how can we still be flying?" Donald asked.

Sora stopped what he was doing, and realized what was about to happen.

"Uh-oh." He said

Without any engines, they Gummi ship could not fly anymore, only fall. The ship suddenly fell down into the void between worlds, away from the Heartless ships, but to who knows what world.

"Yaaaahoohoohoo!" Goofy yelled.

-

Uhhhh. Sora thought. What happened? All around him was blackness. Am I dead? He thought.

No, Sora you're still alive. Another voice, not his own, answered inside Sora's head. It was a very familiar voice, a girl's voice.

Kairi? Asked Sora.

That's right Sora, you lazy bum. Now, wake up.

Wait, Kairi! Sora called after her.

Wake up Sora. Hey wake up! The voice changed, it was not Kairi's anymore. It was a rough voice. Hey, kid, wake up!

"Whaa!" Sora woke up with a start. "Ow," he said, rubbing his head, still oblivious to where he was.

"Where am I?" He asked. He looked up, and dropped his jaw. All around him the most bizarre creatures he had ever seen. Creatures with sloping heads, elongated bodies, fur, and some he could not even describe if he tried were all staring at him. Behind the crowd of strange creatures was a huge city, with towering skyscrapers and vehicles! There were vehicles flying through the air! "Wow." Sora said in awe.

"Wow, kid, you must of hit your head much harder than I thought," Sora suddenly became aware of the man crouched down right next to him. The person had a smug impression. He stood much taller than Sora, even crouched down. Sora saw he was wearing a brown vest over a white shirt, with black pants, boots, though Sora failed to notice the blaster at the man's side, hanging on his hip. Sora looked up at the man, realizing that he was still talking. "And what is with that ship you have? I've been from one side of the galaxy to the next and never seen a ship quite like that. Or like those other two guys you're with."

"Who are you?" Sora asked bewildered, rubbing his head.

"Oh, I guess I should have introduced myself first. My name is-"

"Captain Solo! Captain Solo!" A highly peppy and anxious voice asked from the crowd. "Ah, Captain Solo, there you are! I thought I lost you." A golden thing made its way through the crowd of aliens and approached the man, completely oblivious to what was going on.

"Unfortunately I didn't lose you," Captain Solo said under his breath. "Sorry kid, sometimes 3P0 doesn't know when to take a hint. Anyway my name is Han Solo, and this hunk of junk is my droid C-3P0."

"Excuse me sir," The droid said indignantly. "But I am well able to introduce myself." He turned to Sora, who was taking in all the amazement of everything that was happening. "Hello sir, my name is C-3P0, human-cyborg relations. I am fluent in over 6 million forms of communication and can-"

"3P0," Han said.

"Yes, Master Solo?"

"Shut up."

"Well!" 3P0 said and walked away, though still within talking distance.

"Anyway kid," Han asked, "Who are you what are you doing here? Who are those people you are with?"

"Oh, my name is Sora," Sora answered, "And those are my friends-" Sora turned around and realized that both Donald and Goofy were still unconscious, both lying near him by the crashed Gummi ship. "Donald! Goofy!"

"Don't worry kid, your friends are fine," Han reassured Sora." When your ship crashed I came over to make sure everyone was alright. Both you're friends are fine, and the medics are on their way here already. But you were mumbling something strange though. Something about someone named Kairi, and Heartless? What are Heartless? And how did you get here anyway? All I saw was your ship just fall out of the sky."

"The ship," Sora said depressed not really paying attention to what Han was saying. It lay smoldering behind Sora, but fortunately still in one piece. Where it landed there was now a huge hole in the pavement. Sora jumped to his feet. "I have to fix it!"

"Settle down, kid," Han said, turning around to get rid of the crowd and then went back to talking with Sora. "First let's get you cleaned up and your friends healed and then we will answer any questions we both have."

"Okay." Sora said as the medics began to arrive. "Oh, and Han, its good to meet you."